Well, I spent about 40 years working with companies and people across Europe in Germany, Spain, Italy etc, less so dealing with East Europeans, so I do have a little experience and knowledge. I also found that my views hit a chord with many in regards to the Euro and who the main beneficiary was. The issues/ solutions raised during the banking crisis for Greece, Ireland, etc were effectively dictated by Germany and specifically by Wolfgang Schäuble who led the EU finance ministers group. The U.K. did indeed head up the odd ministry but if you look at EU staffing, the nations of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Spain have 2,3,4 or even 5 times of their nationals working there as opposed to the UK, even Romania has more than the U.K...... If you really believe that Germany and France do not effectively dictate EU policy then you are naive......